Characteristic | All participants N = 5839 | LARC initiation n = 1689 | SARC initiation or switch n = 1524 | SARC continuation n = 2626 |
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Age, median (IQR) | 24.3 (19.9, 30.5) | 28.9 (23.5, 33.9) | 20.2 (17.5, 25.2) | 23.9 (20.4, 29.3) |
Age categories, years, n (%) | ||||
15–19 | 1516 (26.0) | 195 (11.5) | 744 (48.8) | 577 (22.0) |
20–24 | 1641 (28.1) | 342 (20.2) | 385 (25.3) | 914 (34.8) |
25–29 | 1128 (19.3) | 390 (23.1) | 191 (12.5) | 547 (20.8) |
30–34 | 872 (14.9) | 428 (25.3) | 106 (7.0) | 338 (12.9) |
35–44 | 682 (11.7) | 334 (19.8) | 98 (6.4) | 250 (9.5) |
Married, n (%) | 1342 (23.0) | 696 (41.2) | 183 (12.0) | 463 (17.6) |
History of delivery, n (%) | 1801 (30.8) | 1134 (67.1) | 256 (16.8) | 411 (15.7) |
History of induced abortion, n (%) | 876 (15.0) | 405 (24.0) | 174 (11.4) | 297 (11.3) |
History of pregnancy, n (%) | 2246 (38.5) | 1267 (75.0) | 354 (23.2) | 625 (23.8) |
Native language other than Finnish or Swedish, n (%) | 673 (11.5) | 304 (18.0) | 190 (12.5) | 179 (6.8) |
Socioeconomic statusa, n (%) | ||||
Upper-level employees b | 449 (7.7) | 191 (11.3) | 76 (5.0) | 182 (6.9) |
Lower-level employees or manual workers c | 3337 (57.2) | 964 (57.1) | 714 (46.9) | 1659 (63.2) |
Students | 1263 (21.6) | 231 (13.7) | 551 (36.2) | 481 (18.3) |
Long-term unemployed | 331 (5.7) | 115 (6.8) | 73 (4.8) | 143 (5.4) |
Entrepreneurs, pensioners, and others not elsewhere classified | 443 (7.6) | 182 (10.8) | 105 (6.9) | 156 (5.9) |
Unknown | 16 (0.3) | 6 (0.4) | 5 (0.3) | 5 (0.2) |
Educational attainment, n (%) | ||||
Doctoral, master, or equivalent level | 287 (4.9) | 147 (8.7) | 37 (2.4) | 103 (3.9) |
Bachelor or equivalent level | 825 (14.1) | 314 (18.6) | 106 (7.0) | 405 (15.4) |
Short-cycle tertiary education | 93 (1.6) | 33 (2.0) | 9 (0.6) | 51 (1.9) |
Upper secondary education | 2582 (44.2) | 681 (40.3) | 494 (32.4) | 1407 (53.6) |
Unknown d | 2052 (35.1) | 514 (30.4) | 878 (57.6) | 660 (25.1) |
History of STI within the previous year, n (%) | 125 (2.1) | 28 (1.7) | 41 (2.7) | 56 (2.1) |
Visit for gynecological reasons in primary or specialized care or visit in the family planning clinics within the previous year, n (%) | 2925 (50.1) | 1157 (68.5) | 498 (32.7) | 1270 (48.4) |
History of mental health disorder diagnoses in adulthood (ICD-10 codes F10–F16, F18–69, F99) e, n (%) | 611 (10.5) | 229 (13.6) | 160 (10.5) | 222 (8.5) |
LARC type, n (%) | ||||
LNG-IUS | 1003 (59.4) | – | – | |
Implant | 533 (31.6) | – | – | |
Cu-IUD | 153 (9.1) | – | – |